LAW TIMES REPORTS.

A COLLECTION OF

LEADING CASES DECIDED IN THE COURTS OF THE
UNITED STATES, AND COURTS OF LAST

RESORT OF THE STATES.

EDITED BY

ROWLAND COX.

" It is imposible but in process of time, as well from the nature of things chang.
ing, as corruption of agents, abuses will grow up : for which reason, the law mult
be kept as a gurden, with frequent digging, weeding, turning, &c. That which in
one age was convenient, and perhaps necessary, in another becomes an intolerable
nuisance." – ROGER NORTH.

NEW SERIES. – VOLUME I.

NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY HURD AND HOUGHTON.
Cambridge: The Riverside Press.

1874.

TABLE OF CASES.

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Adams Ex. Co. (Bank of Ky. v.) : 451 Florence S. M. Co. (G. & B. S. M.
Ætna Ins. Co. (McCann v.) 232

389 Amn. Steamship Co. (Brady v.). 402 Ford v. Fitchburg R. R. Co.

. 501 Bank of Ky. 0. Adams Ex. Co. 451 Fort (U. P. R. R. Co. v.)

121 Bank of St. Paul (Wilson v.)

1 Fourth Nat'l Bank of Chicago v. Barnett v. Oppenheimer

118 City Nat'l Bank of Gr. Rapids · 386 Bartemeyer v. The State . . 200 Francisco (Manhat. Life Ins. Co.v.) 56 Barton (Walsh v.). 341 Franke, in re

476 Bennett (Cobb v.) 172 | Fryberger (Heaton c.)

. 307 Blake Crusher Co. v. Ward 423 Fugate (Nash v.)

69 Borries v. Imperial Ottoman Bank 181 Galbreath (Indianapolis & St. L. Brady v. Am. Steamship Co. 402 R. R. Co. v.).

473 Cage (People v.) 127 Galpin v. Page

534 Cagley (McIntyre v.) :

. 104 Gordon o. Manchester & Lawrence Campbell v. Dearborn 107 R. R. Co.

8 Carris v. Carris .

41 Gorman (Commissioners of Boise Cent. Pac. R. R. Co.(Huntington v.) 94

349 Champion, The .

493 Graves v. Lebanon Nat'l Bank 59 City Nat'l Bank of Grand Rapids

Gray v. Rollo

. 195 (Fourth Nat'l Bank of Chicago

Griffiths, in re

476 v.)

386 Grover & Baker S. M. Co. v. FlorCity of Watertown (Rees v.) 300 ence S. M. Co.

389 Cobb v. Bennett 172 Hager v. Hill

. 139 Commissioners of Boise Co. v. Gor- Hailes v. Van Wormer

. 75 349 Hayner v. Smith Commonwealth (Jones v.) 266 Heaton c. Fryberger

307 v. Lockwood

141 Hecker (Rumford Chem. Works v.) 519 (Murphy v.) 486 Herron (U. S. v.)

274 Conawango Pet. Ref. Co. v. Cun- Hestonville, &c. R.R. Co.(Crissy v.) 166 ningham 57 Hill, in re

421 Conn. Mut. Life Ins. Co. (Covers- Hill (Hager v.).

139 239 v. Whitcomb

382 Conn. Mut. Life Ins: Co. (Moore v.) 319 Horn v. Lockhart

55 Cooledge r. McCone 214 Howard (Masterson v.)

155 Coverston v. Conn. Mut. Life Ins. Huntington v. Cent. Pac. R. R. Co. 94 239 Hyde v. Woods .

354 Crissy v. Hestonville, &c. R. R. Co. 166 Imperial Ottoman Bank(Borries v.) 181 Cunningham (Conawango Pet. Ref. Indianapolis & St. L. R. R. Co. v. 57 Galbreath.

473 Davenport v. Underwood 16 Ins. Co. (De Lancy v.)

80 Davis (Supervisors of Knox Co. v.) 461 Ives (Warren v.)

363 107 Jackson (Ethridge v.)

271 336 Jenkins (Self v.) De Lancey v. Ins. Co. 80 Jermyn v. Moffitt

. 367 Dorgan v. Telegraph Co.

406 Jones v. The Commonwealth . 266 Ethridge v. Jackson 271 Keeler, in re .

422 Excelsior Ins. Co. v. Royal Ins. Co. 331 Kirk (Weir v.)

37 Fairbury, &c. R. R. Co. (Lange

Lange, in re

257 101 Langebar v. Fairbury, &c. R. R. Co. 101 Finch (Washington University v.). 152 Laverick (Searle v.)

174 Fitchburg R. R. Co. (Ford v.) . 501 | Lea v. Wolff .

. 400 (Met. Com. Casting Co. v.) 135 Lebanon Nat'l Bank (Graves v.) ·

59 204 Lee v. Rodgers.

218

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· 485

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· 123

Leonard v. Storer
414 | Rodgers (Lee v.)

218

Lewis v. London, &c. R. W. Co. 187 Royal Ins. Co. (Excelsior Ins. Co.

Lockhart (Horn v.)

55

. 331

Lockwood (Commonwealth v.). 141 Rumford Chem. Works v. Hecker . 519
(N. Y. C. R. R. Co. v.) 21 Scammon, in re .

372
London, &c. R. W. Co. (Lewis v.) 187 Schlater v. Winpenny

198

Long (Philadelphia & Reading R. Scott v. Nat'l Bank of Chester Val-

R. Co. v.) .

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ley

132

Lord v. Price

193 Scull, in re

416

Lyons, in re

167 Searle v. Laverick

174

McCann v. Ætna Ins. Co.

232 Second National Bank of Chicago

McCone (Cooledge v.)

214 (Main v.) .

471

McIntyre v. Cagley
104 | Self v. Jenkins

368
McVeigh (Underwood v.) 281 | Sleek v. Turner's Assignee
Main v. Second Nat'l Bank of Chi- Smith (Hayner v.).

508
cago

. 471
(Minturn v.)

507

Manchester & Lawrence R. R. Co. Smoot (Perry v.)

234

(Gordon v.)

8 Solomon, in re

351

Manhattan Life Ins. Co. v. Fran- Stark (Starr v.)

444

cisco.

56 Starr v. Stark

444

Mass. Nat'l Bank (Matthews v.) . 512

512 State (Bartemeyer v.) .

200

Masterson v. Howard .

155 Storer (Leonard v.)

414

Matthews v. Mass. Nat'l Bank . 512 Supervisors of Carroll Co. v. U. S.

May v. May.

&c.

64

Mayor, &c. of Nashville v. Ray 248 | Supervisors of Knox Co. v. Davis . 461
Merrifield v. City of Worcester · 480 Supervisors of Putnam Co. (Nu-
Metallic Compression Casting Co.

gent v.).

376

v. Fitchburg R. R. Co. · 135 Swasey v.

N. C. R. R. Co. . 359

Minturn v. Smith

507 Telegraph Co. (Dorgan v.) 406

Moffit (Jermyn v.).

. 367 | Tiffany v. National Bank of Mis-

Moore v. Conn. Mut. Life Ins. Co. 319 souri .

158

Morey v. N. Y. Life Ins. Co. 160 Tome v. Parkersburg Branch R. R.

Murphy v. The Commonwealth 486 Co..

426

Nash v. Fugate ·

69 Turner's Assignee (Sleek v.) 485

National Bank of Chester Valley Underwood (Davenport v.)

16

(Scott v.):

132

v. McVeigh

281

National Bank of Mo. (Tiffany v.) 158 (United Society of Shakers

N. Y. C. R. R. Co. v. Lockwood 21 v.)

16

N. Y. Life Ins. Co. (Morey v.). . 160 U. P. R. R. Co. v. Fort

121

No. Ca. R. R. Co. (Swasey v.). · 359 | United Society of Shakers v. Un-

Nugent v. Supervisors of Putnam Co. 376 derwood

16

Oppenheimer (Barnett v.)

118 U. S. v. Herron .

274

Ould v. Richmond .

241 U.S. (Sup. of Carroll Co. v.)
Page (Galpin v.)
534 Van Wormer (Hailes v.)

75

Palmer v. Richardson

163 Walsh v. Barton

341

Parkersburg Branch R. R. Co. Ward (Blake Crusher Co. v.) 423

(Tome v.).

426

v. Flood

. 204

People v. Cage

127 Warren v. Ives.

Perry v. Smoot

234 | Washington University v. Finch . 152

Phila. & Reading R. R. Co. v. Long 169 Weir v. Kirk

37

Price (Lord v.)

193 | Whitcomb (Hill v.)

382

Ray (Mayor, &c. of Nashville v.) 248 Wilson v. Bank of St. Paul

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Rees v. City of Watertown . 300 | Winpenny (Schlater v.)

198

Richardson (Palmer v.)

163 Wolff (Lea v.)

400

Richmond (Ould v.)

241 Woods (Hyde v.)

354

Robinson, in re .

326 Worcester, City of Merrifield v.). 480

THE

AMERICAN LAW TIMES REPORTS :

A COLLECTION OF

LEADING CASES

DECIDED IN THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND COURTS

OF FINAL APPEAL OF ALL THE STATES.

NEW
New SERIES. - JANUARY, 1874. – VOL. I., No. 1.

Something more than passive non-resistance in an insolvent deblor is necessary to

invalidate a judgment and levy on his property when the debt is due and he has no defence. In such case there is no legal obligation on the debtor to file a petition in bankruptcy to prevent the judgment and levy, and a failure to do so is not sufficient evidence of an intent to give a preference to the judgment creditor, or to defeat the operation of the bankrupt law. Though the judgment creditor in such a case may know the insolvent condition of the debtor, his judgment and levy upon his property are not, therefore, void, and

are no violation of the act. A lien thus obtained by him will not be displaced by subsequent proceedings in

bankruptcy, though commenced within four months after levy of the execution or rendition of the judgment. MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes before us on a certificate of division in opinion between the circuit and district judges for the District of Minnesota.

The statement of facts and the questions certified are as follows:

The complainant is the assignee in bankruptcy of the firm of Vanderhoof Bros., lately merchants in the city of St. Paul. The defendant is the City Bank of St. Paul. The bill is filed to determine which of the parties is entitled to the stock of goods of the bankrupts, or the proceeds thereof. The assignee claims the goods, or the proceeds thereof, as

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